Seamless knitting and resulting product



April 13, 1937. S. SCHWEIG -SEAMLESS KNITTING AND RESULTING PRODUCT Filed Maron is, 195e J. an#

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Patented Apr. 13, 1937 SEAMLESS KNITTING ND RESULTING PRODUCT Sidonia Schweig, jamaica, N. Y.

Application March 13, 1936, Serial No. 68,652

2 Claims.

My present invention relates to a method of knitting and the product resulting therefrom, and aims to devise a method of the general character indicated, which is simple and economical to practice, requires no equipment other than a standard flat knitting machine, and which results in a very attractive and inexpensive garment. p v

Before describing my invention in detail, it is deemed advisable, briey, to refer to the prior art to Which the present invention relates, and to point out the shortcomings thereof, and the manner in which the present invention overcomes such shortcomings.

It has heretofore been the practice in producing seamless knitted garments such as blouses, skirts, etc., to make the same by hand rather than by machine, for the reason that while tubular material could be produced on either a circular machine. or a flat machine with certain attachments,

it was not possible to shape or fashion the garment, and the same remained equal in width throughout its length. However, I have discovered that by means of the present invention knitted garments can be made on a flat knitting machine by manipulations hereinafter referred to more in detail.

In the accompanying specification I shall describe an illustrative embodiment of the method of the present invention, and in said specification and in the annexed drawing I shall -describe and show one type of garment which can be. produced by means of the method of the present invention.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention will become obvious to those skilled in the art to which the present invention relates as the detailed description thereof progresses,

In the annexed drawing A Fig. 1 is a plan view of a garment produced by means of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged, fragmentary view of one of the side edges of the garment showing the courses taken by the wales in the production of the garment.

Fig. 3 is a similar view ofthe point of joinder between the blouse and sleeve portions of the garment; and

Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the manner in which the skirt and blouse portions of the garment 50 are joined together.

Referring now more in detail to the aforesaid illustrative embodiment of the method of the present invention, I proceed by knitting a predetermined number of rows, generally indicated by reference character I0 in thedrawing, upon a nat knitting machine provided with a standard special travelling lock known as a tubular lock in order to obtain knitted material in tubular form. Upon reaching a predetermined point, indicated atl I in 1 the drawing, I remove from the needles at the outer extremities of the knitted fabric, a predetermined number of loops or stitches and'v move said loops inwardly toward each other and place the same upon the needles adjacent those'which previously carried; said loops. The result ofY this operation is to reduce the width of the fabric when the knitting is continued. In Fig. 2 of the drawing, which shows one of the edges or ends'of the tubular material, it will be noted that during the knitting, of the portion I0 of the material, a definite area thereof includes six (6) wales indicated as w, b, c, d, e, and f, but that upon reaching and thereafter passing the point I I and continuing the running of a predetermined number of courses, indicated as I2, the same area of material includes only four (4) wales bearing reference characters g, h, i, and Thus, the width of the garment is reduced sa as to get the proper shape, it being obvious that a skirt cannot be equal in width throughout its length.

After knitting the portion I2, the point I3 is reached, at which time the width of the garment is further reduced by repeating the operations carried out at the point I I. These operations are continued until the entire skirt I4 is completed and the upper edge thereof has been brought down to the desired waist width. If desired, the lower edge of the skirt may be finished off in any manner such as by providing the same with a crocheted portion I5. The blouse I6 is likewise knitted by starting at the upper edge and gradually reducing the. width thereof at the points Il until the lower edge thereof is equal in width to the upper'edge ofthe skirt I4. If desired, the neck of the blouse may be provided with a crocheted or any other decorative portion I8.

Finally, the sleeves I9 are made by the same method except that instead of reducing the width thereof as the knitting progresses from both edges, as in the case of the skirt and blouse, stitches or loops are moved inwardly only from one edge thereof at a multiplicity of points 20. By so doing, one edge of the sleeve is in a straight line while the other edge is shaped. If desired, the sleeves may be provided with cuffs or other edges 2 I.

In Fig. Bof the drawing I have shown the manner of joining the sleeves I9 with the blouse I6, this being preferably effected by picking up the 2 .c adjacent stitches of the sleeves yand blouse, crocheting .them together `at the point 22.`

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While the blouse and skirt may be joined tothe same is very simple and inexpensive to pergether in a manner similar to the` sleeves and blouse, that is, by crocheting them together, I prefer, in order to permit the blouseand skirt to be Worn separately, to utilize the method of joining illustrated in detail in Fig. 4 of thedrawing.

I providethe upper edge of the skirt I4 with a rowV of crocheting 23 from which there branches front link portions 23 and 23, and a rear link portion 23"', the upper ends of all of which links are connected by a row of crochet` ing 24. The lower edge of theblouse I6 is like- Wise provided with a row of crocheting 25 from which branch front links 25 and 25 and rear links 25"', the lower edges of Which are connected by a row of crocheting 26. The `links on the blouse and skirt are interlocked by means of a flexible band 2l, which takes a course passing to the rear of the links 23', 2,3, 25 and 25", and in front of the links 23"l and 25"'. The ends of the ilexible band 21 may, if desired, be connected by snap fasteners (not shown) Thus theblouse and skirt are only temporarily connected and obviously may beWorn separately, if desired. Y

This'completes the description of the aforesaid illustrative embodiment of the method of the present invention, and the garment resulting from the practice thereof. It Will be noted that inasmuch asl no equipment other than a standard iiat knitting machine provided with a tubular lock is required for the practice of this method,

form, and results in a `garment which is inex-` l pensive andrwhich is properly shaped and v ery attractive. l

OtherV objects and advantages of the present invention will bey obvious to those skilled in the art to which the present invention relates. n

What I claim as my invention is:`

1. The method of making a garment which 'Y 'consists in the steps of knitting a seamless skirt and blouse, each [of gradually reducing Width, providing said skirt and blouse with connecting means by crocheting at the waist edges thereof a plurality of loops, and, thereafter connecting said skirtand blouse by positioning the loops of each adjacent each other and threading a ta therethrough.

2.,.The method of making a garment which consists in the steps of knitting a seamless `skirt and blouse, each of gradually reducing width, providing said skirt and blouse with connecting means by crocheting atr the Vwaist edges thereof a plurality of connected front and rear links, and thereafter connecting said skirtfto said blouseby interlocking the links on each "and thread-1 ing a exible band through said connecting means n intermediate the front and rear links thereof.V

,SIDONIA'SCHWEIG 

